Man impersonates police officer in Lower Providence

By Journal Register News Service

Saturday, February 16, 2013

LOWER PROVIDENCE — Township police are investigating an impersonation of a police officer that occurred Monday evening on Evansburg Road.

A female township resident was driving on Evansburg Road around 9 p.m. when she was stopped by a man operating a small four-door vehicle with a blue dashboard-mounted light, police said. The man had activated the blue light and the female driver pulled over into a gravel parking area at the intersection of Evansburg Road and Germantown Pike, police said.

The man approached the driver and engaged her in conversation, police said.

He is described as a white man in his 50s with short brown hair and wearing a dark uniform with no badge but a patch on the sleeve, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Lower Providence Police Department at 610-539-5901.